{"id":424,"date":"2008-02-11T11:51:40","date_gmt":"2008-02-11T16:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/archives\/424"},"modified":"2008-02-11T12:53:37","modified_gmt":"2008-02-11T17:53:37","slug":"retro-scan-of-the-week-snes-save-state-device","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/archives\/424\/retro-scan-of-the-week-snes-save-state-device","title":{"rendered":"<span id=\"retro_color\">[ Retro Scan of the Week ]<\/span> SNES Save State Device"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/images\/retroscan\/nakisaver_large.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/images\/retroscan\/nakisaver_small.jpg\" alt=\"NakiTek Game Saver+ SNES\" class=\"centered\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Who needs emulators?  Accessory maker NakiTek released an innovative device called the Game Saver+ in the mid-1990s that allowed gamers to store the exact state of their game at any time to memory.   As you can see by the picture, the unit worked a bit like a Game Genie, acting as a bridge between a cartridge and the SNES.  While playing, you could save your game by pressing something like Select + Right Shoulder button.  To restore the game state, you&#8217;d press Select + Left Shoulder button (I forgot the combinations exactly).  As long the Saver unit received power &#8212; either via the SNES&#8217;s AC adapter, which passed through the unit, or AA batteries &#8212; the Game Saver+ would save your game state.  It also offered a few extra features like &#8220;slow motion&#8221; play.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the Game Saver+ was released too late in the life of the SNES to make much impact.  I picked one up in the late 1990s on clearance at Wal-Mart for a few bucks.  By that time, I was already emulating the SNES on my PC.<\/p>\n<p>From what I&#8217;ve read, the Game Saver+ didn&#8217;t work too well with certain games, causing graphical glitching upon resuming your state.  In my experience (I remember mostly playing <em>Super Castlevania IV<\/em> with it), it seemed to work fine &#8212; although I wouldn&#8217;t want to depend on it.<\/p>\n<p><center><em><small>[ Scanned from Electronic Gaming Monthly, January 1995 ]<\/small><\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<p><small><em>If you use this image on your site, please support &#8220;Retro Scan of the Week&#8221; by giving us obvious credit for the original scan and entry.  Thanks.<\/em><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who needs emulators? Accessory maker NakiTek released an innovative device called the Game Saver+ in the mid-1990s that allowed gamers to store the exact state of their game at any time to memory. As you can see by the picture, the unit worked a bit like a Game Genie, acting as a bridge between a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,13,26,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-video-game-design","category-video-game-info-and-history","category-retro-scan-of-the-week","category-retrogaming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}